Got to live the present cause the present is a gift... Give thanks and praises.Got to find yourself and with that better life to live- it all goes in stages.It is written in your heart to know that life is but a gift- we have to turn the pages.Perseverance is a must because the race not for the swift- We have to make some changes.

I & I need some I need some meditation so I can rise aboveI & I need some I need some inspiration so I can spread Jah love

So listen and be keen and raise the kundalinithe cosmic energy dwells in all of we.The psychic one can see with pure sagacitywith cosmology and god philosophyI'm sure you'll all agree it's all causalityand everything you see is not realitySo follow and you'll know and teach yourself and always grow and with this you have to set yourself free!

It's the calm before the stormit's the cold before the warmIt's the Mason's cornerstoneit's the reason you are reborn

Got to come together in one love and iNattyGot to find a better way improve humanityShine the light within you put your mind in ecstasyFind the source of life and don't get caught in fantasyIf you're good yourself then you'll find good companyAnd when things come together it is serendipitySo live your life and do what's right and shine your light and you will decide how this life it should be
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NATTY NATION is a Madison, Wisconsin based roots, rock, reggae group from the Heartland of America. The genre bending group is known throughout the world for how easily they weave conscious lyrics, heavy rock, dancehall, and dub into majestic, traditional roots reggae; on this, their first release from 1996, "The Journey Has Just Begun..." NATTY introduces the world to the music that would inspire coutless people to become one with the positive vibration, while dancing 'til their legs can't take no more! "The Journey Has Just Begun..." is a coherent composition which takes you on an emotional roller coaster, while continuing to truly be a journey from beginning to end.

NATTY NATION has been absorbing the heart breaking loss of band member & spiritual leader Jeffrey "J-MAXX" Maxwell to cancer in late 2001. May he rest in the arms of the one, Most High, The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, H.I.M. Hailie Selasi I, JAH! Rastafari!!! Ever Living, Ever Faithful, Ever Sure!

We miss you J-MAXX, though we know you are in a better place. You are always with us.